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1. Federal officials have opened a Mississippi River floodgate for the first time in nearly four decades. Opening the Morganza spillway will ease pressure on levees downstream and help prevent flooding in Baton1 Rouge2 and New Orleans.
2. President Barack Obama is directing his ministration to ramp3 up US oil production. He will do so by extending existing leases in the Gulf4 of Mexico and off Alaska's coast, holding more frequent lease sales in a federal petroleum5 reserve in Alaska. A Republican said it's time for Washington to get serious about the challenges facing the country, including gas price issue.
3. An Iowa man is believed to have fatally shot his two young sons, their mother and her sister in an eastern Idaho home. Police say he also set fire to the house and then shot himself.
4. And Cuba marked International Anti-Homophobia Day. It's the fourth consecutive6 year. Supporters are taking a speech in Havana, marching along with Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro.
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n.乐队用指挥杖 | |
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2 rouge | |
n.胭脂,口红唇膏;v.(在…上)擦口红 | |
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n.暴怒,斜坡,坡道;vi.作恐吓姿势,暴怒,加速;vt.加速 | |
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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5 petroleum | |
n.原油,石油 | |
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adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的 | |
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